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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves has put himself back in contention for Indy's fifth pole....Read Full Story

Just over 5 weeks ago, Helio Castroneves wasn’t sure he would come out of his tax evasion trial with an innocent plea. Now, he has just become only the ninth driver to win the Indianapolis 500 three times. Most of the tax evasion charges against Castoneves were dismissed.  Today, he won the Indy 500. Helio Castroneves pulled away over the final laps to beat Dan Wheldon (2nd) and Danica Patrick (3rd).  Wheldon and Patrick battled it out for second place. By finishing in third place, Patrick...Read Full Story

More on Helio Castroneves: Helio Castroneves Freak Out VideoCastroneves sorry for Edmonton tiradeHelio Castroneves and Adriana Henao Welcome Baby Mikaella Dancing with the Stars winner (and two-tim Indy 500 winner) Helio Castroneves if facing prison time if convicted at a tax evasion trial that started today. Prosecutors say that Helio Castroneves (as well as his business-manager sister Katiucia and attorney Alan R. Miller) conspired to hide about $5.5 million in income form the IRS in...Read Full Story

Posted by --girl March 3, 2009 Race car driver and “Dancing with the Stars” winner Helio Castroneves was in court claiming his innocence today. His defense attorney, Roy Black, gave his opening statement, claiming that his client never tried to evade U.S. income taxes and planned to pay the Internal Revenue Service when he received $5 million from a deal made a decade ago. Black argued that the Brazilian Indy 500 winner doesn’t know about U.S. tax laws and depended on experts to handle his...Read Full Story

Posted by --girl May 24, 2009 This is one hell of a week for Helio Castroneves. Just two days after federal prosecutors dismissed the rest of the tax evasion charges against the driver and “Dancing with the Stars” champ, he won his third Indianapolis 500. “I want to climb the fence!” Castroneves said as he pulled into Victory Lane. And so he did, getting past a yellow-jacketed security guard to pull his signature “Spiderman” move, scrambling up the fence and celebrating with the more than...Read Full Story

If Helio Castroneves thought he could smile and wink his way out of paying taxes to the American government like he did with the judges on Dancing With The Stars, he was surely put in the right yesterday. That's because the Brazilian was incited on tax evasion charges in Miami and faces up to 35 years in jail if convicted. Why so much? Because it wasn't like he got a $500 1099 tax form and didn't file it with the IRS. No, the dude got into some Kingpin shit and created offshore shell...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / CANADIAN NEWS, COURT NEWS, Celebrity, PRESS RELEASE, SPORT NEWS / Racing news- Helio Slowing Down With IRS problems October 15, 2008 By David Mirsky HOLLYWOOD, CA (RushPRnews/HollywoodToday) 10/15/08 — The IRS came after Indy Car driver, and former 2 time Indy 500 winner, and Dancing with the Stars winner, Helio Castroneves for allegedly failing to report more than $5 million in income. Castroneves was released after posting a whopping 10 million dollar bail...Read Full Story

Helio Castroneves Punished for Tirade Chris Graythen, Getty Images IndyCar puts the star on probationfor grabbing a trackside officialduring his act of post-race rage.Why league wouldn't suspend him More FanHouse Headlines Catcher Injured in Violent CollisionRedskins' Stars Help Fan ProposeMLB Players Who Could Get Traded NextRead Full Story

Helio Castroneves can stop looking back now. He's gone from accused to acquitted. He's gone from a courthouse to Victory Lane — at the Indianapolis 500, no less. It's time for No. 3 to start working on No. 4. Castroneves joined a very exclusive club Sunday by winning at the Brickyard for the third time, matching his car number and capping what was essentially a perfect month for a driver who could've lost it all. He's just one win away from cracking the most elite group of all: four-time Indy...Read Full Story

The IRS says Brazilian race driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves (EHL'-ee-oh kas-troh-NEH'-vehz) owes more than $2.3 million in taxes.That testimony came Friday from IRS agent Joann Levitt in Miami federal court. Levitt said the total comes from unreported income and improper deductions from 1999 to 2004.Castroneves, his business manager-sister and a Michigan lawyer are charged with tax evasion and conspiracy. Levitt is the final prosecution witness after nearly four...Read Full Story